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Advanced aircraft detection to prevent 'friendly fire' mishaps
May 29, 2013 (UPI)
An advanced aircraft identification device developed by BAE Systems for the U.S. Air Force will help prevent "friendly fire" incidents that cost lives and cause...
Northrop Grumman Delivers 8,000th LN-100 Inertial Navigation System
May 27, 2013 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman has achieved a significant milestone by delivering its 8,000th LN-100 inertial navigation system (INS), which provides primary and backup navig...
GPS solution provides three-minute tsunami alerts
May 23, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers have shown that, by using global positioning systems (GPS) to measure ground deformation caused by a large underwater earthquake, they can provide a...
NASA Builds Unusual Testbed for Analyzing X-ray Navigation Technologies
May 21, 2013 (SPX)
Pulsars have a number of unusual qualities. Like zombies, they shine even though they're technically dead, and they rotate rapidly, emitting powerful and regula...
Pakistan adopts Chinese rival GPS satellite system
May 18, 2013 (AFP)
Pakistan is set to become the fifth Asian country to use China's domestic satellite navigation system which was launched as a rival to the US global positioning...
GPS IIF-4 Launched From Cape Canaveral
May 17, 2013 (AFNS)
A U.S. Air Force Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite built by Boeing was successfully launched May 15. The fourth GPS IIF satellite, Space Vehicle Number ...
First new Galileo satellite arrives at ESA for space testing
May 17, 2013 (ESA)
The first satellite of Galileo's next phase has arrived at ESA's technical heart in the Netherlands for a rigorous set of tests to check its readiness for launc...
China's BeiDou satellite navigation system has broad commercial uses
May 17, 2013 (XNA)
Chinese scientists expressed their confidence in the commercial application of the BeiDou satellite navigation system (BDS) and called for international coopera...
Fourth Boeing GPS IIF Satellite Joins Constellation on Orbit
May 16, 2013 (SPX)
With the launch of the fourth GPS IIF satellite, Boeing and the U.S. Air Force continue modernizing the Global Positioning System that millions of people worldw...
SES Techcom To Support Aircraft Tracking From Space
May 15, 2013 (SPX)
SES Techcom has launched the first space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) system to monitor air traffic around the globe. The ADS-B sy...
Orbcomm Signs Seven New Customers In Transportation And Logistics Industry
May 10, 2013 (SPX)
ORBCOMM Inc. reports that its state-of-the-art ReeferTrak platform has been selected by seven new domestic and international transportation and logistics compan...
Facebook eyes $1bn deal for GPS app Waze
May 10, 2013 (AFP)
Facebook is in talks on a potential $1 billion deal to buy the Israel-based GPS mobile navigation app Waze, The Wall Street Journal reported. The report late Th...
Turn your satnav idea into business
May 07, 2013 (ESA)
Ready to take the next step with your satnav idea? ESA's business incubation centres are offering help through this year's European Satellite Navigation Competi...
NIST demonstrates transfer of ultraprecise time signals over a wireless optical channel
May 06, 2013 (SPX)
By bouncing eye-safe laser pulses off a mirror on a hillside, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have transferred ultrapre...
Spatial Dual Offers Dual Antenna For GNSS/INS
May 03, 2013 (SPX)
Advanced Navigation has announced the release of Spatial Dual, their new dual antenna GNSS/INS. Spatial Dual is a ruggedized miniature GPS aided inertial naviga...
Raytheon completes second launch exercise for next generation GPS satellites
May 02, 2013 (SPX)
Raytheon has completed the second launch readiness exercise for the U.S. Air Force's next generation Global Positioning System (GPS) operational control system ...
Sagetech Delivers NextGen Technology for Satellite Constellation
May 01, 2013 (SPX)
Sagetech Corporation delivered signal-processing receiver technology to Harris Corporation, GCS for satellite-based NextGen air traffic control. This technology...
Russia Launches New GLONASS-M Satellite
Apr 30, 2013 (RIA Novosti)
Russia has successfully launched a satellite for the GLONASS navigation system from its northern Plesetsk Cosmodrome, the Defense Ministry reported on Friday. T...
Russia launches latest satellite in its global positioning system
Apr 26, 2013 (UPI)
Russia has launched another satellite to join the orbiting fleet making up its GLONASS satellite GPS system, its Defense Ministry reported Friday. The GLONASS-M...
TomTom says sales fall, turning from navigation market
Apr 23, 2013 (AFP)
TomTom, the Dutch maker of vehicle navigation systems, on Tuesday published a 13 percent drop in first quarter sales and said it was diversifying its product li...
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